Author: Pascale King

Author

  • Dr. Pascale King is an Emergency Medicine resident in the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa. She is a junior editor with the Digital Scholarship and Knowledge Dissemination team for the EMOttawaBlog.

    View all posts
blood pressure
Critical Care, Full Article, Journal Club, Neurology

Early versus delayed antihypertensive treatment in patients with acute ischaemic stroke: multicentre, open label, randomised, controlled trial

by Pascale King, Hans Rosenberg, Christian Vaillancourt 0
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 2/5 Liu L, et al. BMJ. 2023 Oct 9;383:e076448.  Question: Do early vs delayed blood pressure management in patients with mild-moderate... Read more.
heart failure
Cardiology, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation

Don’t go Breaking my Heart: 2022 Heart Failure Guidelines

by Pascale King 0
Patients with heart failure are often newly diagnosed in the Emergency Department, or are the presenting location for those with decompensated heart failure. This... Read more.
Cardiology, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Most Viewed

Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter Best Practice Checklist

by Pascale King, Amanda Mattice 1
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is encountered with significant frequency in the Emergency Department (ED). In fact, atrial fibrillation is the single most common arrhythmia... Read more.
aortic dissection
Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries

Aortic Dissection – A Needle in a Haystack

by Simon Wells, Pascale King 0
A 65-year-old male self-presents to the Emergency Department (ED) with sudden-onset severe chest pain. The pain was sharp, lasted 30 minutes, and has now resolved.... Read more.